Austria vs South Korea: Free and Fair Elections Index
Austria
0.938
in 2025
South Korea
0.935
in 2025
Austria rank
25th
South Korea rank
28th
Free and Fair Elections Index over time
- Austria
- South Korea
How they compare
Austria currently reports 0.938 against 0.935 in South Korea, a difference of 0.003.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 231 shared years of data; in 1789 it was South Korea ahead.
Austria ranks 25th and South Korea ranks 28th of 176 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 17 and South Korea in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | South Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0.1073 | 0 | 0.1073 | Austria |
| 1850s | 0.0677 | 0 | 0.0677 | Austria |
| 1860s | 0.1926 | 0 | 0.1926 | Austria |
| 1870s | 0.6518 | 0 | 0.6518 | Austria |
| 1880s | 0.6315 | 0 | 0.6315 | Austria |
| 1890s | 0.5335 | 0 | 0.5335 | Austria |
| 1900s | 0.4975 | 0 | 0.4975 | Austria |
| 1910s | 0.3968 | 0 | 0.3968 | Austria |
| 1920s | 0.7505 | 0 | 0.7505 | Austria |
| 1930s | 0.2713 | 0 | 0.2713 | Austria |
| 1940s | 0.747 | 0.0618 | 0.6852 | Austria |
| 1950s | 0.9154 | 0.1576 | 0.7578 | Austria |
| 1960s | 0.9222 | 0.2333 | 0.6889 | Austria |
| 1970s | 0.9219 | 0.2216 | 0.7003 | Austria |
| 1980s | 0.9203 | 0.3765 | 0.5438 | Austria |
| 1990s | 0.9186 | 0.8141 | 0.1045 | Austria |
| 2000s | 0.9265 | 0.9394 | 0.0129 | South Korea |
| 2010s | 0.9327 | 0.9284 | 0.0043 | Austria |
| 2020s | 0.9325 | 0.9442 | 0.0117 | South Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher free and fair elections index, Austria or South Korea?
- Austria, at 0.938 against 0.935 in South Korea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in free and fair elections index between Austria and South Korea?
- 0.003, with Austria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and South Korea?
- 231 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Austria and South Korea rank globally for free and fair elections index?
- Austria ranks 25th and South Korea ranks 28th of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Free and Fair Elections Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which registration fraud, systematic irregularities, government intimidation of the opposition, vote buying, and election violence are absent, and the election management body is autonomous and has enough staff and resources.